Psalms 95:3-6

3 For the Lord is a great God, a great King above all gods.^[a]

4 The depths of the earth are in His hand, and the mountain peaks are His.

5 The sea is His; He made it. His hands formed the dry land.^[b]

6 Come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the Lord our Maker.^[c]

Psalms 95:3-6 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 95

This psalm, though without a title, was written by David, as appears from Heb 4:7, and to him the Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, Syriac, Arabic, and Ethiopic versions ascribe it. It belongs to the times of the Messiah, as Kimchi observes; the apostle applies it to the Jews of his time, and bespeaks them in the language of it, Heb 3:7-11, and in which time Israelites, believers in Christ, are called upon to serve and worship him, in consideration of his greatness in himself, and his goodness to them. Theodoret thinks that David spoke prophetically of King Josiah and his times; and wrote it in the person of him, and the priests of God.

Footnotes

• [a]. Ps 47:2; 96:4; Dt 10:17
• [b]. Gn 1:10; Jnh 1:9
• [c]. Ps 22:30; 100:3; Ezr 9:5; Isa 45:23